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Arlington National Cemetery's Many IT Flaws

Posted by Soulskill on from the may-bobby-tables-rest-in-peace dept.

imac.usr writes "A story in today's Washington Post calls to light the utter failure of the nation's most sacred final resting place to modernize its pen-and-paper record system. According to the story, the cemetery's administrators have spent $5 million without managing to accomplish the seemingly simple task of creating a database record of the site's graves. As Virginia senator Mark Warner points out, 'We are one fire, or one flood, or one spilled Starbucks coffee away from some of those records being lost or spoiled.'"

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  1. That's All? by Haffner · · Score: 5, Funny

    Only $5 million? At first I thought this story was about the failure to store data electronically, but now I realize that it's about government efficiency.

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    "Going to war without the French is like going deer hunting without your accordion." ~General Norman Schwarzkopf
  2. Tell me about it! by Late+Adopter · · Score: 5, Funny

    They can't even remember who's in the tomb of the unknown soldier!

    1. Re:Tell me about it! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

      They can't even remember who's in the tomb of the unknown soldier!

      Corporal Tables, we call him.

  3. Re:Cut them some slack... by Nadaka · · Score: 5, Funny

    tell me about it. The only thing worse than a zombie is a zombie with stealth and combat training.